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PREVIEW: Susan Lucci on KATIE On A Possible Return To AMC: "Agnes and I Just Spoke Last Week!"
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Susan Lucci is a guest on the Wednesday July 10th episode of the afternoon syndicated talk show Katie with host Katie Couric.
She is on hand to promote the success of her new hit series, Devious Maids airing on Lifetime. However, Katie did pose the question to Susan if a return to All My Children and the revival of the series via Prospect Park is still something she hopes to be able to do at least to make a guest star appearance as Erica Kane? Susan responded, “I certainly would. We are hoping that it can happen. They are on hiatus right now.”
Katie then asked if Susan has had conversations with anyone about returning to which she responded, “Agnes (Nixon) and I just spoke last week. As I said, they are no hiatus, but now that I am back from Atlanta where I had been shooting Devious Maids all season, and now that I am back here in New York, they are on hiatus. So it’s a matter of trying to make it happen and hopefully, we will.”
Watch the preview clip from Katie after the jump featuring Susan Lucci. Do you think Susan will work things out with the powers-that-be at Prospect Park, so she can make a return to the series sooner than later? Especially, now that Devious Maids has wrapped shooting and AMC goes back into production in August? Weigh-in!
Please, Ms. Lucci make a return to AMC. Now that Kendall returned albeit briefly, it’s time for another Kane woman to make a stop in Pine Valley. Even if it was recurring like Dr. Joe and Adam, it would be welcomed.
Omg yes. I am enjoying Ms. Lucci on Devious Maids. If they could work our a shooting schedule, e.g. Erica goes away for various reasons while DM shoots! Heaven!!
ERICA! ERICA!! ERICA!!!
Okay let’s just make it happen folks. AMC needs Erica. Make it big; make it splashy; make it Erica Kane. To bring int he viewers they open up Pine valley museum a tribute to the town’s past characters (Phoebe, Mona, Dr. Tyler, Palmer et al) and of course erica kane who is thought to be shot and killed only…it is really Jane the dopplegange who escaped prison and was never captured. Erica finally escapes only to see the town and Jackson muorning their loss.She manages to rise from the ashes and come in as Jack declares his love for her. Or…she comes back after losing her fourth straight oscar. Depressed and now she is working on Deadly affairs and devious maids – she is a b ig tiem tv star.
i miss susan lucci as erica kane. please come back susan. all my children needs to. we the fans want you back. all my children is not the same without you. hopefully cameron mathison and bobbie eakes can come back to. i miss crystal and ryan lavery so so much.
Would be great having Susan back. DM is weekly show hope time will allow.
I want Erica back right now, so she can hook up with Dimitri again. and I miss the catfights with Brooke.
I am struck, once again, how beautiful SL looks! Stunning. Really hope she returns to AMC for any length of time. They film fast and furiously, so SL could be in a LOT of story line 🙂
Erica make your return happen! Remember you are Erica Kane and as you always state, “I can do anything I put my mind to”. So, where’s your mind? Pine Valley?
I’d love to see Erica back on the show. We need more Kanes in Pine Valley. I wasn’t sure AMC needed Erica when the reboot first launched, but with the focus on so many teens and newer characters, I miss Erica and Kendall and Bianca, who are secondary when they should be leads. I know Eden Riegel is pregnant in real life but I hope she can return soon, along with Alicia Minshew for more than one eppy.
I am sure Susan and PP will be able to work out their schedules and we will see Erica in Pine Valley again. Her character is not one of the main ones on Devious Maids and hopefully she can film in Stamford this August. Let her tape out of sequence so we can see her for as long as possible! 🙂
I really hope it works out! We NEED NEED NEED Erica Kane and Tad Martin! Then, Pine Valley will be complete!!!!
Not quite, we still need Ryan and Greenlee back. Also need Adam to reappear to give Brooke a better storyline and keep J.R. in check.
I hope she can return to AMC as the iconic Erica Kane. The show centers way too much on Celia and Petey, and I’m sorry but they are just not all that fascinating. I think they need the more experienced and seasoned actors to the forefront to make the show really work – and right now, the show really needs some stronger leads and some better writing – However, I hope she (Susan Lucci) can return as Erica for more than just a quick “cameo” guest spot.
Definitely want Erica back if even for a short time. Given AMC’s shooting schedule, she could come in and out on occasion.
Susan loves pine valley she will be back.
Gosh she stills looks great I saw a little bit of her on Devious Maids she is quite good at comedy!
Would love to see all the Kane women on the show as much as time allows.
I so much hope and pray that Susan Lucci will return to AMC. It is definitely NOT the same without her! I miss her so very much! Where there is a will, there is a way and I know that Susan can make this happen if ;she puts her mind to it!
We need Erica Kane back on AMC but we also need Walt Willey back as Jackson
Alan Dysert, who played Sean Cudahy on ABC’s All My Children has died. He was 75-years-old. The news of his passing came from his wife Michele who shared via a Facebook post that Dysert died back on October 23.
“My heart is broken as I share that my beloved husband, Alan, passed away on October 23, 2026. While I am struggling to imagine life without him, I am forever grateful to have experienced what so many people spend their lives searching for — the love of a lifetime,” Michele expressed.
While a cause of death was not made public at this time, Michele admitted that Alan, “faced more than his share of health challenges over the years, yet he continued to approach life with determination, humor, and gratitude.”
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Dysert wrote about his battle with a rare, aggressive and incurable cancer in his 2023 autobiography, Lights, Camera, Cancer! He spoke of having undergone four major cancer-related surgeries, and many rounds of chemotherapy and CT scans.
SEAN CUDAHY WAS ‘BAD GUY’ PERSONFIED
On All My Children, Dysert played Sean Cudahy, the con man villain to his brother, good guy, Tom Cudahy played by Richard Shoberg. Dysert played the role between 1980 and 1990 returning for multiple story arcs, which included being revealed to be the murderer of Sybil Thorne. He was also involved in several affairs including with the impressionable Devon McFadden (Tricia Pursley).
THE LIVES HE TOUCHED
Alan’s longtime agent Melinda Eisnagule told PEOPLE his death is a “loss to our community and to the acting community at large. He touched so many lives and made the industry and the world a better place every day with his positive energy and kindness.”
Dysert leaves behind his wife, Michele and his two sons Cody and Cooper and will be remembered by those who knew him for a career that spanned the theatre, film, TV and performance coaching, and of course being a part of the legacy of All My Children.
Share your remembrances and condolences on the passing of Alan Dysert, All My Children’s Sean Cudahy, via the comment section below.
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Mark Consuelos Celebrates Kelly Ripa’s 56th Birthday on ‘Live,’ But Remember When Wendy Williams Outed the Couple as Married Before Anyone at ‘All My Children’ Knew?
On the Friday, October 2 episode of Live with Kelly and Mark, the morning talk show marked the 56th birthday of Kelly Ripa (ex-Hayley Vaughan Santos, All My Children).
During the opening segment, Mark Consuelos (ex-Mateo Santos, All My Children) humorously comparing his wife to both Gandhi and Groucho Marx, reflecting on both her comedic ability and peaceful ways.
Later, they went on to discuss the origins of her name and the most popular picks to name babies back in the year she was born, 1970. They were Kimberly, Lisa, and Jennifer for girls and Michael, David, and James for the boys.
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Ripa recalled that she learned she was almost named Kim. However, their neighbors at the time had two daughters Kelly and Kim, which is what her parents wanted to call them, but they settled on Kelly and and her younger sister, Linda.
At the conclusion of the episode, Mark rolled out a huge cake for his wife. It was, “Happy birthday from all of us here at Live and at home.” Next, he cut the cake, and Ripa grabbed his face and gave him a “thank you” kiss.
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KELLY AND MARK TRIED TO KEEP THEIR VEGAS WEDDING ON THE DOWN LOW
All of this brings back memories of how Kelly and Mark’s Las Vegas wedding ceremony went public in 1996 while the two were still on All My Children playing Mateo Santos and Hayley Vaughan. In essence, they were outed by then radio host Wendy Williams! They discussed it on the talk show back in 2024.
In fact, the duo hid their marriage from their All My Children castmates for months, until they found out Williams got wind of the nuptials and spread the intel on the airwaves.
The two recalled their secret wedding on a 2024 episode of Live! “We’d eloped. It’d been a few months at that point. We’d been married for three months, nobody at All My Children knew we were even dating, much less married to each other. We’re brushing our teeth and we’ve got Wendy Williams’ radio show on. We’re listening, and she’s like, ‘I’ve got celebrity dish!”
EYEWITNESS
Next Ripa continued, “The celebrities,’ I guess they had a broad use of the term back then, was the fact that ‘two soap stars from All My Children, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos eloped in Las Vegas.’ There was this eyewitness that worked in the Clark County courthouse that said we eloped, and the news broke, and we had to tell everybody we were married.”
Live With Kelly and Mark airs weekdays in syndication. Check your local listings for times in your area.
Share your birthday wishes for Kelly in the comment section, and let us know your thoughts on how Wendy Williams broadcast the news, unbeknownst to the All My Children newlyweds, that they tied the knot in Vegas? Check out Mark and the ‘Live’ studio audience singing ‘happy birthday’ to Kelly in the post below.
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‘All My Children’ Movie Writers for Lifetime Revealed: Ron Carlivati, Jamey Giddens and Leo Richardson
This week began and as reported with a spotlight article on Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos and how their production entity, Milojo, has been teeing up the All My Children reboot with Lifetime.
The L.A. Times featured the married couple, co-hosts of Live with Kelly and Mark, and former All My Children cast members (where they met and fell in love) about their plans to bring two All My Children movies to Lifetime and how they are working with the Agnes Nixon estate to make it come to fruition,
On Wednesday, it was revealed by Daytime Confidential, that All My Children reboot producer, Andrew Stearn handpicked none other than Ron Carlivati (ex-head writer, One Life to Live, General Hospital and Days of our Lives) and Jamey Giddens (who is the new co-head writer of The Young and the Restless, following his tenures on the writing teams of Beyond the Gates and Days of Our Lives), as the two scribes who will bring the first of two of Kelly and Mark’s All My Children movies to the page.
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RON CARLIVATI AND JAMEY GIDDENS CONFIRM THEIR BOARDING THE ALL MY CHILDREN MOVIE PROJECT
The second installment is said to be written by primetime writer Leo Richardson whose credits include: Star, Katy Keene and more recently the Penn Badgley (ex-Phillip Chancellor IV, The Young and the Restless) starring series, You.
Richardson also wrote for three years on the U.K.’s long-running soap, EastEnders. All My Children revival fans will recall Richardson’s name was attached as the writer for the first incarnation of the All My Children movies, entitled, Pine Valley.
Ron Carlivati took to X and confirmed he is indeed boarding the All My Children movie project. Carlivati shared, “So excited to share this news! Thanks to Andrew Stearn, Kelly Ripa, Mark Consuelos, Albert Bianchini and the Agnes Nixon estate for entrusting Jamey Giddens and me with the first of two planned All My Children movies for Lifetime! Stay tuned!”
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Jamey Giddens confirmed DC’s announcement by taking to his account on X and expressing, “I’ve been booked and busy in 2026. Thanks to Andrew Stearn, the Agnes Nixon estate, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos for entrusting Ron Carlivati, and me with the first of two planned All My Children movies for Lifetime!”
Some fans seemed to question how Giddens could be writing for the first All My Children movie at Lifetime, when he is the new co-head writer at The Young and the Restless with Dan O’Connor. Jamey answered that head on via X and explained, “We turned in our All My Children script months ago. My sole focus as of this past Monday, is Genoa City, Wisconsin! #YR”
ERICA KANE, MARIA SANTOS AND HAYLEY AND MATEO SANTOS TO APPEAR IN THE ALL MY CHILDREN MOVIE REVIVAL?
In the planned stories, Susan Lucci’s Erica Kane and Eva LaRue’s Maria Santos will be two characters whose lives we will get to see for the first time since the series was canceled by ABC back in 2011 after 41 years on the air. As well, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos confirmed they will make brief appearances on-screen; one could assume as Hayley and Mateo Santos.
“It’d be wonderful to give the fans something that they’ve been yearning for so many years,” shared Mark Consuelos to the LA Times. “All My Children gave me my family. I met my wife there. It gave me my start in the business. It gave us so much. It would be a dream to be able to give back.”
So, what do you think of Ron Carlivati and Jamey Giddens getting nod to write the All My Children movie #1 script and Leo Richardson #2? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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